Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform)
Core
Building, operating, and extending the platform and applications layer of Affirm's data infrastructure to enable teams to work with data at scale.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (data platform)
Builds
Automated provisioning, deploy pipelines, access control, service lifecycle management, reliability tooling, and integrations for internal data applications.
Domain
Fintech / Cloud Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud analytical data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), containerized applications (Docker), CI/CD pipeline design, REST APIs, OAuth/OIDC, secrets management, Python, SQL, observability, incident response, code review.
Preferred skills
Semantic layer design, LLM-integrated platform workflows, agentic data tools.
Responsibilities
Design and implement platform features for data application deployment; build and maintain integrations with internal systems; design and operate secure data access patterns; automate toil and unlock self-service; build telemetry and alerting infrastructure; participate in on-call coverage and incident triage; contribute to next-generation platform capabilities like semantic layers and AI-native tools.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
